Perforating recorder signaling device



P 1952 v H. w. GOFF 2,609,433

PERFORATING RECORDER szcmuuq DEVICE Fi led May 28,7194? fa fawn/M9422 IN (/5 N TOR W. GOFF ATTORN V Patented Sept. 2, 1952 J STATES PAT OFFICE-1:?

rmecnmmceccoenm *smseme v DEVICE Kai-blew; Goff-,-Malihasset, N;ygnssignortbneu Telephone Laboratories, incorporated; New

York,""'-N.- Y., a corporation=- of New Yorle This'invezition reistesto recs-rams devices and partic'u arlyfto device'sin iwhichga plurality or similar parts "are displac'ed'in emana e-crime; produce records or indications: Many recoi'dingdevicesfifavea pluralityof' puncheswhich are cperatedrin combinations to p dduce urr s1 ing'fhole'si or impressions in a record mediumi the" characteristicconfiguration'of the group of holes ori 'iinpre'ssions i'nothe record pro ducedfiby each;

cqmtination' "of operated punches" f indicating 9/ particular digit, letter'or character. recording devi ce o f' this" kind is'[ disclosed the cope'nding application" or Carpenter, Serial" "N012;

588310;, filed Aprir "14, 1945'," now" Patent'iNo 08s; In.- the Carpenter devi'ce twdof" eac 5 t v group fofflfive adjacent punches are"'operated to record a "character;

densest: thishind: 'a'satisfactoryi record is produced only if the required number of. punchesmeacngroupie-o erated. If, through? so'ni'e' 'feult' in the" mechanism or controlsfl more v or lessftha'nl the ccrrect number Of punches "are operated; the res'iiltiilgfrecord is" meamngiess 01 .1

erroneous;

An object er. tnf'tnventmniis. w providea means for indic' atingthe ope'rsticnor' an 'incor rectni'mibr or -punches'o'r s imil'a'r pa'i 't's. A teature ofitheinvention is the-use of magneticrim ductio'nfto obtain an indication of incorrect.

operation; "Anotherffeature of the invention is a;

construction whi'chpermits' said indication'to be ob tairi'ed without "imposing appreciable resist:

ance tqthe operation of'the punches.

These sna -ether features of theinve'nti'on'will f 355 appen' ed 'clairns',"""and"the drawingsin whic'h'zjl Fi .i 1; shows" aportion of the-"recorder" and'th'e bef'apparent' froni the? following iiescript'i'o'n; the

electricalindicatingcircuiti" Fi gq-zis a" secti'onalviewpf the recorde'r of Figfl";

*tri'e' recorder ar 1 materialpivoted on a rod 9, one such lever being provided rc-reach punch. Each lever, such "as lever 8'; isnbrmallyheld by' a Spring lll against astopjll so thatits projectingend I2 is not wi'tiii-n the -coil l3; which is la'rgeenough'for the projecting-ends of all-thelevei's-to enter' iV-P'If :ainy punch; suchas punch?! is depressed to izn press the tape 6, the projection l of said punch engages lever "8'1 partly rotating "saiddever ts tse thefpivot Sso thatthe' projecting end "[2 er sa i'd-iilever enters the coil l'3.

The-circuit" shownponnectedto' coil 13- is at typical inductance bridge circuit. When 5 the' switch I4 isclosed;'alternating potential-fro" source'l5 is supplied to the bridge composedof resistances" l6 and 11, inductance l8,'andcoil T3. The resultant potential at terminal lfl of "said bridge is applied to thecatho'deof thetriode'i' tube ZO and, through the'windingpf relay 21, 001- the' 'ano'de' of 'said tube: The inductanceof relay" 2l' produces "a phase";difierence"between he potentials at the cathode and at, the anol'ief'of f tube? 20 so that 'alt 'eachl'cycle-of alternating potential, a difference oi" potential *existsbetween said cathode and; 'said'a'no'de'. The potential at terminal 22 or .s'ai'db'ridgeiis applied to' the grid of tube 20; If thev'aliieof resistance 'lfiibears the sameproportion to the value of resistancedl as the-value of inductance l8 bears to theiinidhctance of coil I3, the potential et tlfie grid of tiibe 20 i-siiri phase with thepotential at the'cathode I of s'aidtube, but if said proportion-is notmain tein'ed, the potentials at said gridand at sna cath'odeare not in phase.- The inductance oi coil1'3 depend-s uponthe reluctance of its ma netie'pathwhich is afiected by inserting the pro jecting ends! 2 of the levers '8 into said coil. The values of resistances l6 and I1 and inductance I8 areso chosen thatthe proportion stated above is attained wherftwo of theprojecting 'ends' ll of theleVers'Bare-inserted in coil |3 and the potential at the grid of tube 20 is suflieiently more" negative than the potential at tli-ecathod'e of said tube to prevent conduction-therein? In operation-switch Ii 4 is-arrariged'to be closed andopened by any suitable means; intimedrela 13 non with" the moveinerit f the projections l2 of the levers it-such that thee-witch is closed after sai-cl proj ection's" enter the coil l 3 and" is; opened i ssispunches dpemte, causing" the insertion into coil 36f two' of the proj'ectingends fl ofthe r levers tube n dbesiiOt-"condutqt. But-i-fless i thah two' or more than two'of said-punches openate, insertingone or mcre tha'nitwo of theaproi f inductanceof coil I3 is not such" that the" proeportion 1 statedabove is maintained? A difference of phase-then exists between the potential at the grid of 'tube' zfl and the" potential atthercath'ode of said. tube "and, on alternate cycles of falter: natir'ig potential from source l5, the grid of tube' 2 0- becomes siifilcientlyzless inegativeiwitn respect to tlie eath'odeof said tube: toallow sai'd tube to ccnducweperating"relay! L A .circu-itzisthereby contacts of relay 2| to ground. Lamp 23 lights and indicates that an incorrect number of punches have operated. Relay 21, in operating, opens itsback contacts. Said contacts may be included in any suitable manner in the control circuits of the recorder so that the opening of said contacts arrests further operations of the recorder until the trouble which caused incorrect ope-ration is corrected.

Figs. 3 and 4 show an alternate construction of the recorder in which the indicating devices impose no appreciable resistance to the operation of the punches. Each of the punches, such as punch 24, carries a projection 25 of magnetic material close to the poles of an electromagnet 26. When the punch 24 is depressed, the change, of position of the projection 25 in the field of the magnet 26 changes the inductance of said magnet in the same way that the insertion of the projecting end 12 of lever 8 in Figs. 1 and 2 changes the inductance of coil 3. The winding of magnet may be connected to the circuit of Fig. 1 in place of coil I3 as indicated in Fig. 3.

'While in the drawings only five punches are shown in each recorder and in the above de- 25 scription it is assumed that two of said punches should be operated toproduce a correct record, it is obvious that the invention can be applied equally well to a difierent number of punches and to recorders in which more or less than two, 3

punches are operated to produce a correct record. Furthermore, since the kind of record made is not pertinent to the invention, it is also obvious thatthe invention is equally applicable to recorders producing printed records or records of 5 other kinds and to devices other than recorders in which rods, bars or other parts are moved in combination.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a plurality of displaceable 40 parts, an alternating-current bridge circuit comprising a source of power, a contact element periodically closed to apply power from said source to said circuit, and a coil inductively responsive to the displacement of one or more of said parts,

and means connected to two terminals of said bridge circuit and operative upon a phase difference of potential produced therebetween by the inductive response of said coil to the displacement ofother than a predetermined number of said parts.

2. In combination, a plurality of displaceable parts each having a magnetic portion, an alternating-current bridge circuit comprising a source of power, a contact element periodically closed to apply power from said source to said circuit, and a coil adapted to receive the projection of the magnetic portion of each of said parts when displaced,-thereby to produce an inductive response of said coil, the intensity of said response dependingupon the number of said magnetic portions projected in said coil, and means connected to two terminals of said bridge operative upon a phase difierence of potential produced therebetween by the inductive response of said coil when the mag- 5 netic portions of other than a predetermined number of displaced parts are projected therein.

3. In combination, a plurality of displaceable parts of magnetic material, an alternating-current bridge circuit comprising a source of power,

a contact element periodically closed to apply power from said source to said circuit, and a coil inductively responsive to the displacement of one or more said parts, an electronic device having an'electrode connected to one terminal of said bridge circuit and a second electrode connected to another terminal of said bridge circuit, the inductive response of said coil at each cycle of alternating current through said bridge circuit consequentto the displacement of other than a predetermined number of said parts producing a phase difierence of potential between said electrodes, and means in the circuit of said electronic device rendered operative upon the conductivity of said device by said difference of potential to indicate the displacement of other than a predetermined number oi. said parts.

4..In a recording device, a coil, a plurality of punch pins, a pivoted bar for each punch pin,

each of said bars having a magnetic portion and each of said bars being severally operable by their respective punch pins to project the magnetic portions thereof within said coil, an alternatingcurrent bridge circuit including said coil, a source of powerfia contact element periodically closed terminals, thereby, to maintain said electronic de-,

vice non-conducting, and the inductive response of said coil incident to the projection therein of the magnetic portions of other than a predetermined number of said bars displaced by involved punch pins produces out-of-phase potentials between two said bridge terminals, thereby to render said electronic device conducting, and

means in the conducting path of said electronic device operative upon the conductivity of said device to indicate the displacement of other than a predetermined number of said bars.

5. In a recording device according to claim 4,

in which said electronic device comprises a grid, a cathode and an anode, said grid being connected to one terminal of said bridge circuit and said cathode being connected to a second terminal of said bridge circuit, and in which the means the conducting path of said device comprises a relay connected to the anode and cathode of said device, thereby to form a phase shifting network which, upon each cycle of alternating current through said bridge, is effective to produce a phase difference between the potential. at the cathode and the potential at the anode of said electronic device, said relay operating upon the production, of a, phase difierence between the potential at the cathode and potential at the rid of said device.

HAROLD W. GOFF.

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